Only the sight, of the Dieppe skyline, persuades me that I have not dreamt Stargazer's passage today. Such was its perfection.
Daybreak sees us off Beachy Head. Making just shy of five knots.
Cruising chute at the ready, we scent the true wind strength, clear of the mighty headland.
Hoisting, as we head into the shipping lanes. Making better than six knots.
With bursts of eight, as the mid morning breeze fills in. Powered by the warmth of the spring sunshine.
A chuckling wake peels from Stargazer's quarter, as she surfs the swells.
Seven Sisters, the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry, rumbles by. Both of us steering up-tide of our destination. For the stream will be fierce, in the final approaches.
A grey smudge, on the horizon, resolves into the Cote d'Alabatre.
In Dieppe, the harbour staff have been watching Stargazer's speedy crossing, on AIS. Recognising her, as a regular visitor, they come down to greet us. "Bienvenue, a nouveau.......Dix heures, c'est tres rapide."
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